Community based health-financing schemes in the Philippines: A systematic review of factors influencing enrolment and drop out
This study is to determine, from available literature, the factors influencing enrolment and drop out from community based health financing schemes in the Philippins...

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Shared tuberculosis beliefs: An investigation into knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding tuberculosis in native-born persons Ethiopia, the Philippines, Mexico and Vietnam
Tuberculosis is a global health problem which has caused significant morbidity and mortality world-wide. The world Health Organization estimates that 9.2 million new cases and 1.7 million deaths from...

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The Effect of Public-Private Mix DOTS on TB control in countries with high TB burden in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific region
This study is to review the studies conducted on the PPM projects and to know its outcome on TB control, those outcomes are, TB case detection, treatment outcome, and access to standardized TB...

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Adherence to a three-day course of Artesunate/Amodiaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum malaria in Sierra Leone: results from 5 Peripheral Health Units in Tonkolili district
Malaria is the main morbidity in children < 5 years in Sierra Leone, as well as in many Sub Saharan countries, accounting for ca. 50 % of all consultations in health facilities. Emerging resistance...

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Effectiveness and impact of malaria control interventions on the malaria burden in Nigeria over 9 years period (2000 to 2008): a retrospective study
Malaria is a major health problem in Nigeria accounting for most of the hospital admission across all ages. Plasmodiunm falciparum is the major malaria parasite causing malaria in the country. The...

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The Afar -Ethiopian Pastoralists -Access to safe water and health care
The Afar living in Boromudaitu woredai, Ethiopia are semi-nomadic (transhumant) pastoralists managing livestock as the basis of subsistence. The nomadic lifestyle in the hot and dry climate of the...

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Nutritional status in children attending a clinic in rural Papua New Guinea
Malnutrition is the underlying cause for morbidity and mortality in young children in developing countries (WHO, 2000). More than 50% of the 12 million deaths in children under 5 years of age are...

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Solid waste management in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate: A study about solid waste management at household level and the perception of solid waste in regard to its health and environmental risks in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, occupied Palestinian territory
Like other low and lower-middle income countries, the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has experienced a population growth and changes in lifestyle, resulting in an increase of waste generation.

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Factors associated with Bacterial Vaginosis in Women of reproductive Age in rural Northeast Brazil: A Case Control Study
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common abnormal vaginal conditions in women of reproductive age and characterised by a loss of acid producing lactobacillus spp and overgrowth of anaerobic...

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Incidence of Illness and Household Health Seeking Behaviour in Kenya
This study examines the incidence of illness, its determinants and household health seeking behaviour in Kenya –a Sub-Saharan Africa country with high disease morbidity and mortality. For the purpose...

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